Car dumper



/ /fUQM//OP March 24, 1925. I 1,530,527

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.L is, a View im sele xmjpefz"y and Figui@ 2 is .n iea'ef by the Mme 2of mwings? there is e @y1 jforffef two ung .,.s 9% which 4e suitablyjoined and braced by menne @I fhe beams 1l? L7 m fer rezatng the Sagehere :Shown zagzgie um we ce? @n u I r f fee-enum@ mech lo i Q im@ n; en@the to enter the cage, and thus lengthening the cage, it is possible toget a satisfactory distance between the ring rails and a sucientspillageway. lf the spillagewiy is cut down, the coal or other materialbeing dumped, will pile out through the ring rails causing injury to thesupporting trunnions, driving mechanism, and the like. ln addition tthis, it is very difficult to provide satisfactory hoppers for catchingcoal falling outside of the ring rails.

lf the ends 14 and 15 of the approach and receiving tracks did notextend into the cage and have their ends adj arent the track 10, thetrack would'have to be lengthened until its ends were adjacent the ends14a and 151. 'l the ends 14a and. 15u terminated at the ring rails 9 and9?, then the section 10 would have to extend to the ring rails. lf itdid this, however, it would strike the bodies of the cars 17 and 18 uponrotation of the cage.

While l have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, itis to he understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes,therefore, in the construction and arrangement may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in theappended claims, in which it is my intention to claim all noveltyinherent in my invention as broadly as possible in View of the priorart.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the character described comprising; a rotatable cage; atrack in the cage adapted to hold a car to be dumped; a stationaryapproach track leading to the cage.; a stationary receiving trackleading from the cage; the approach and receiving tracks extending intothe cage and having their ends adjacent the track in the cage.

2. A device of the character described comprising; a cylindricalrotatable cage; a track in the cage adapted to hold a car to be dumped;a stationary approach track leading to the cage; a stationary receivingtrack leading from the cage; the approach and receiving tracks extendinginto the cage and having their ends adjacent theltrack in the cage.

3. A device of the character described comprising; a rotatable cagehaving a ring rail at each end; a track in the cage adapted to hold acar to be dumped; a stationary approach track leading to the cage; astationary receiving track leading from the cage; the approach andreceiving tracks ezitending through the ring rails into the cage andhaving their ends adjacent the track in the cage.

4. Ai device of the character described comprising; a rotatable cageadapted to dump a car in train; a ring rail at each end of the cage; atrack in the cage adapted t0 hold a car to he dumped, said track beingshorter than the distance between the two ring rails; a stationaryapproach track leading to the cage at one end, extending through thering rail, and having its end adjacent one end of the track in the cage;and a'stationary receiving track leading from the cage at the other end,said track extending through the ring rail and having its end adjacentthe other end of the track in the ca e.

Vitness my hand this 19 day of March, 1924.

GEoReE N. sfrMrsoN; Y

